Dumping-car.



A. c. MURPl-IY.

DUMPING CAR.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. 20. 1915.

Patented July 10, 1917.

3 SHEETSSHEET l.

INVENQR' WITNESSES A. C. MURPHY.

DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 19:5.

1917. F'S -SHEET 2.

INVENTOR Patented July 10,

3 S HE ATTORNEY A. C. MURPHY.

DUMPING CAR.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. 20. 1915.

1 Patented July 1.0, 1917'.

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3 SHEETS*SHEET 3- WITNESSES ATTDWM WY tion of the tilting period of the not to interfere with the ALBERT-C. MURPHY, 0F NEtV YORK, N. Y.

DUMPINGl-CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C; MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Dumping-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable construction of dumping ear having hinged side doors and operating mechanism therefor, whereby the tilting operation of the body will automatically cause' the door on the depending side to open into discharging position, and during the righting of the body into its normal horizontal position, and to provide in a dumping car, locking means which normally look the doors when the body is in the normal horizontal position and which automatically release the doors during the preliminary porbody so as positive opening of the doors, and yet Which will assist in holding the doors in locked position when the body is in its normal horizontal positions during the travel of the car, said means to have capacity for permitting the door releasing means to be adjusted out of automatic action whereby the latches may be released by hand operation in the dumping position where it is desired to discharge only a portion of the load, stood that when this provision is made the body is provided with a plurality of doors on its side. I

My object is further, to provide guiding chutes or aprons on the sides of the car and so arranged that they are moved into inclined position when the body is tilted to dumping position, the said aprons being hinged and operatively associated with the locking mechanism of the doors that said mechanism operates to hold the aprons from swinging outward from the side of the car at all times except when the locking mechanism is being operated for releasing the doors preliminary to or duringthe dumping operation.

My object is further, to provide a dump ing car with side doors hinged at the top and having their lower portions so shaped as to provide a joint with the body which shall present an extended surface frictionally in contact when in closed position to provide a nop-leakable joint.

With the above and other objects in view,

Specification'oi Letters lfatent.

it being under- Patented July in, rear.

Application filed October as, with. Serial Ito. 56,l36.

the nature of which will be more fully understood from the description hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel construe tion of dumping ears as hereinafter more fully described and defined in the claims.

Referring to the drawings z- Figure l is end elevation, with part in section, of a dumping car embodying my invention, the truck thereof being omitted;

Fig. 2 is a' side elevation of one end of a dumping car embodying my invention;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of my improved car showing the special constructions adjacent to the locking means for the door etc.; and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are cross sections of details showing the means of supporting the apron and the locking mechanism for the doors.

2 is the longitudinal girder frame, which is ordinarily supported u'pon the trucks (not shown) and said girder at intervals with rocker beds 5 on its upper part, with which the rockers 4t engage, said ,rockers attached to and supporting the body *3. By this construction, the body may be rocked upon the girder frame and brought into a tilted position to either side of the car, as may be desired, one of said tilted positions being indicated in dotted lines in The body 3 has longitudinal girder irons 17 along its lower outer side edges and similar irons 16 along its upper outer side portions, the space between said girder irons 16 and 17 being open except in so far as it may be closed by hinged doors 15, of which there may be one or more on each side of the car. The bearing 12 carrying a hinge rod 14 upon which the doors 15- are hinged at 13, said doors arranged to swing outward at the bottom during the dumping operation. The longitudinal girder irons 17 at the lower side edges of the body support the flow plates and also carry-the bearing castings or parts 29 in which the rock ghaft 23 is journaled, said shaft operatively'Ecarrying the latch hooks 24 for engaging the doors when they are to be held in closed position. As shown, these irons 16 and 17 an L-shaped in cross section, but I do not confine myself in this respect.

The body 3 has its ends at the middle than at the sides adjacent to the girder irons 16 so that the load may be girder iron 16 is provided with greatly higher frame is provided heaped u at the longitudinal middle porunderstood that this is not essential, as it will 'sufice to here the ends extend sulfiyided with inwardly extending wings 21 the by suitable lugs 30.

cicntly above the doors for the purpose with outlevel1n1g ed the outer upper portions foneppeersnce, as has been done in the particular illustration of this application. In those cases where there are :1. plurality of doors on each side to be employed, the body may be divided transversely by division plates or partitions 8" to be arranged intermediate of adjacent doors so that the opening of a door will cause only s portion of the whole load to be discharged. These partitions are riveted both to the fioor and to the upper girder irons 16 and set us braces to ti. em and the door supports.

The door. 15 may have their ends prowhich act as side guides for the discharging contents. When the doorsere permitted to slwmg outwardly, sir-1d wmgs'extendmg down close to the floor plates are curved to maintuin this relation durin the normal action of the doors. It will o further observed that the lower edges of the doors are bent izglfangend braced by bracket portions 22 1g. inwardly directed portion there is secured a special U shaped portion 18 which greatly strengthens the lower edge of the door and further provided an inclined lower seating flange 19, whose inner portion elines with steral edge of the floor plate and whose outer portion inclines downwardly and outwerdly and preferably slightly tangential to a curve about the hinge rod 14 as a. center. Riveted to this lower portion 18 of the door and preferably located adjacent to the middle of its length, is the latch frame 20, desirably formed of a casting and having a suitable hole through which the look or latch book 24- passes for engagement when lockmg the door in closed position (Figs. 1 and 3). is a longitudinal sill plate bolted at 39 to the bearing brackets 29 (which are riveted to the girder iron 17) and having Its upper part inclined inward toward the girder iron 17 and held in position thereto This Slll plate 30 presents an inclined surface against which the tan ential portion 19 of the door makes close our ace contact to form a tight or non-leaking joint when the door is closed. The tightness of the joint at the bottom is supplemented by the use of the wings 21 on the ends of the doors, they forming close fitting ports around which the contents of the car can not work. It will thus be seen that this construction of door is very efiective for It will also be seen that to this masses,

use where the load is of subdivided or loose material such as sand, dirt, marl or other substance in a line state of subdivision. It will also be noted that the sill plate 30 is removable, so that it may be replaced when worn. When the door is closed the weight thereof will cause the port 19 to seat positively upon the sill plate 30 and no normal wear of the hinges of the door will interfere with the tightness of the joint thus provided.

23 is :rlongitudinol latch operating shaft journeled in the bearing brackets 29, and has at its end a lever 41 by which it may be rocked by hand; and said lever is also provided with a special shaped slotted arm, the slot of which comprises the parts 44, end 46, as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The slot ports 44 and 45 form abutment socks-ti; for a pin 43 of a toggle lever d2 and the port 46 forms as communication between said psrtsst end it? whereby the pin may be transferred from one purl; to the other, as shown in these figures.

The toggle-lever 42 is hinged at d0 to the free end of the toggle lever 41- which letter has its. other end hinged to the main or. girder frame 2 st 48,- (Fig. 1.) When the our body is in its horizontal or non-dumping position the toggle levers ll and 42 are suspended as shown at right side of Fig. l; but when the body is tilted into dumping position as shown in dotted lines, the toggle levers at the rising side open out to provide the reach to maintain connection with the lever 47, while the toggle levers on the dumping side form a strut to automatically operute the lever 47 and rock the shaft 23 to release the doors on the dumping side. In doing this, the angle toggle bar 41 comes into contact with the girder frame 2 and thereafter the bar 42 acts as a radius bsr hinged at u'fixcd axis and hence operates as a. strut to force the lower end of the levhr l7 outward and rock the shaft 23 as will be readily understood. When the doors are to be automatically unlatohed for dumping" during the tilting operation the pin 43 is adjusted in the slot 44 as shown in s. l and 6. as in that case the greatest oscillation is given to the lever 47 and rock shaft 23. On the other hand, when the doors are to be released by manual operation, the pin 43 is adjusted into the slot 45 as shown in Fig. 5. us in this case only a partial oscillation of the lever 47 and roclr shaft 23 is required and then only to release the latches 24 and the aprons 25, whereby the former may be lifted by hand and the latter automatically oscillated into inclined position as shown in dotted lines in Fi,. 1.

The rock shaft 23 1S fitted with the latches 24 in such manner that they are rotatable through a. given are and this is provided by them having slots 28 in their hubs into which lull outed in. the latter the and. nuts oil the bolts 27 extend, sold bolts passing through. end iriovinp; with the rock *ilfifi} (Figs. 5 and It will be seen from Fig. 5 that the latch 24% may be lifted ut its book end in the act of re leasing or unlocking the door by hand, Whereus in udjiustmeut shown in Fig. 6 the door would be unlocked automatically by eh oscillation of the rock shaft during; the tilting; oi the cor-bul y. the rock eheit being given so grc L lletion that the bolt 27 will strike tl e opposite ends of the slots 28 end positively oscillate the latches ustment shown in Fig. 5 the 2%. In the ad tilting of the body will notmore the rock shaft sufficiently to cause the latch 24: to be raised automatically. By this capacity for either automatic or hand releasing of the doors, it is possible to dump the entire con tent of the body at one operation, or only dump the content of a single compartment from one door passage us desired.

The apron 25 has loin e ports by which it is suspended and Lilla/mid ports are journeled on the rock shaft as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The hub ports 26 have slots 28 corresponding to the slots 28 in the latches and the rock shaft 2 has bolts 27 whose heads and nuts extend into the slots and Age the ends thereof. When the our body iorisontul. (Fig. 3), the apron rests upon the spring" stops by which it is pre Venteo from swinging inwardly; and. it will also be observed that the ends of the slots 28 abut against the bolt heads 27* on the rock shaft 23, so that the apron cannot swing outwardly during the transportation of the car so long us the rock shaft is locked against rotation. In this way the apron is held in d fixed position. lin practice, the rock shuilt23 is normally held in the position indicated by the hand lever d7 being frictionully locked by 7; and 2). This spring made of a piece of flat spring steel provided with a shoulder back of which the leversnaps When the upper end is pulled outward, and by which it is held with suilicient friction to normally retain its locking position. Any other suitable lock or latch may be emnloyed for holding the lever in position. it will be understood that when the lever l? is rocked by the mechanical devices herein before described during the tilting operation of the body, the rock shaft 23 Will be shifted from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 5, if the pin 43 is in the socket portion 45 as indifigure, and to a greater extent if said pin is in the socket 44, and in either case the apron 25 is released so that it may be moved out into an oblique position as indicated in dotted lines (Fig. 1). This latter action takes place Whether the body is to be automatically dumped by the autothe latch spring 47 metic operation of the latches 24 (by ad.- justment of pin e3 shown in Fig. 6) or is to be manually dumped by bond operation of the latches (when the pin 43 is in the adjustment indicated in Fig. 5), for in eitl'ler case the apron performs the some function.

it will now be apparent that l have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated {is desirable, end while l have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to. give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the details, as the same are susceptible of modification in. various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

,1. In a dumping car, the combination of a main frame, witlii u tilting" body sup ported upon. the main frame with capacity for rocking transversely, a hinged door at the side of the body and adopted to swing outwardly at the bottom, an apron hinged adjacent to the lower outer edge of the body and adapted to be swung; outwardly when the body is tilted to act as a. chute over which the contents is dumped, a latch for locking the hinged door in a closed position, on d common means for holding; the latch in locked position and also looking; the apron against swinging outwardly.

2. in a. dumping car, the combination of a main frame, with a tilting body supported upon the main frame with capacity for rocking transversely, s hinged door at the side of the body and adapted toswing outwardly at the bottom, an apron hinged adjacent to-the lower outer edge of the body and adapted to be swung outwardly when the body is tilted to act as a. chute over which the contents is dumped, a latch for locking the hinged door in a closed position, means for holding the latch in locked position and the apron against swinging outwardly, au-

tomatic means under the control of the tiltting body for operating upon the said means to release the latch and liberate the apron, and means to automatically move the free end of the apron outwardly When said apron is released.

3.. In a. dumping-car, the combination of a main frame, a body supported upon the main frame and adopted to be tilted laterally thereon, a door hinged to the side of the body end having its lower end adapted to swing outwardly When the body is tilted, a rock shaft carried by the body, latches for locking the door in a closed position said "latches arranged to be held in looking position by the rock shaft, and operating means for the rock shaft connected with the mom,

'andt released to a minor extent so as not to autometieally release the doorlout to permit the latch to he manually opereteclonfter the tilting operation of the body to eeglse the dump ing of the contents under the direct control of the operator. 4-. In a dumping oer, the eornhination or? a main frame, a body supported npon the main frame and adapted to be tilted laterally thereon, e door hinged to the side of the body and having its lower end ode ted to swing outwardly when the bed is ti ted, e rock shaft carried by the body, 5 locking the door in e closed position said latches arranged to he held in looking position by the rock shaft, and operstin metros for the rock shaft connected with t e main frame for giving said reek shaft e large or smell roclrin 'inotion as predetermined lay adjustment uring the tilting action of the body said means consisting of a lever secured "tdthe rock short end having two socket portions arranged at difierent points eircuxnferentielly in res'oeet to the axis of the rock shaft, and e radius her mechanism hevin%'l one end supported by the main frame e other end provided with means adapted to engagement with either of the .niotion to the lever sockets to give a o'reeter or less rocking during the tilting opere tion, whereby the leteh may he entometicelly operated to the full extent to release the door for automatic dumping or may be released to e minor extent eo as not to eutemoticelly release the door but to permit the h tch to be manually operated after the tiltihg operetion of the body to eeuse the dump iiig of the contents under the direct control of the operator.

5. In 2, dnrnpizr ear, the combination of a main frame, o bed snpported thereon and orrenged to be tilte laterally for dumping, e door hinged at the side or the body and adapted to have its lower end swing ontwerrlly', e pivoted latch adopted to engage the door to hold it in locked position, a rock shaft cerried by the body and adapted to engage the latch to-held it in locked posi tion or operate it to release the door as re quired, an apron hinged to the bottom of the body at a point below the door, an. ad justable strut to cause the lower end of the apron to swing outwardly when the bod is tilted, means controlled by the rock shortfor holding the apron from swinging outwardly when the body is in its normel position, and means for operating the reels sheft for releasing the apron and the latch.

63. In a. dumping ear, the eomhlnetion of etehes for neeeoee 3. mai frame, e body supported thereon and arranged to he tilted laterally for dumping, a, door hinged at the side ofthe body and edepted to have its lower end swing exitwerdly, e pivoted latch adopted to engage the door to hold it in locked nosition, & reel: shaft cerried by the body'end adopted to engage the latch to hold it in locked position or operate it to release the door as required, an apron hinged to the bottom of the body at e point below the door, on edjneteble strut to cause the lower end of the o ron to swing outwardly when the body is ti ted, means controlled by the rock shaft for hold ing the apron from swinging outwardly when the body is in its normal iosition, end means for operating the rook s oft for releasing the apron and the let-oh, said means consisting of e lever secured to the rock shaft, means to hold the lever in locked position when the body is in horizontal po- 1 sition end eonnecting means between the main frame and the lever for automatic-oily rocking the lever when the body is tilted so that the apron end the door are both simultaneously released when the body in tilted.

7. In (L dumping oer, the combination of a main freme, a cor hody supported thereon with provision for being tiltedlsrterelly into :3

(lumping position, a diecherge opening end door on the side of the body, e longitudinal rock shaft gonrnelerl in hearings [it the 81(19 and lower pert of the body, an 11 ron hinged to the rock shaft and extending ownwar a support extending from the body to hold the apron against; ebnorrnel inward movement :1. its free end, hulking means con trolled by the rock shaft to hold the apron against outward movement at its free end when the body is in a horizontal position, and adjustable strut means between the main frame and the apron for moving the free end thereof outwardly when the is tilted into dumping position whereby the apron act-s as a chute for the discharge of the contents of the body.

8. In a dumping ear the combination of a main frame, a car body supported thereon with provision for being tilted laterally into dumping position, a, discharge opening end door on the side of the body, a longitudinal rock shaft journaled in bearings at the side and lower port of the body, one area hinged, to the rock shaft and extending flownwerdly, a support extendin from the body to hold the apron zigains't a no'rinel inward movement at its free end, locking means eontrolled by tlie rock shaft to hold the apron 4 tilted into dumping position whereby the neonate apron acts as a chute for the discharge of the contents of thebody, and automatic means between the main frame and the rock shaft for operating the same to remove the ill till

operation of the locking deviceswhereby the apron is released and may be swung outwardly when the body is tiltedo 9. In a dumping car, the combination of a main frame, with a body supported thereon and arranged to be tilted laterally, a side door for the body for controlling the discharge of the contents, a rock shaft journaled at the lower side oi? the body, a latch carried by'the rock shaft and engaging the door to hold it in locked position, mechanical devices between the rock shaft and the latch for holding the same in either unlocked position or locked position or releasing the latch so that it maybe operated by hand according to the extent of rotation of the rock shaft, a lever secured to the rock shaft anti-having two sockets at a distance apart, and a radius bar connected with the main frame and having a pin adapted to either of the socket portions to vary the em tent of movement of the lever for moving the latch to its fully unlocked position or for releasin it so that it may be hand operated when t' e body is tilted.

10. In a dumping car, the combination of a main frame, with a body supported thereon and adapted to tilt laterally into dumping position, a door hinged to the side of the body and having its lower end free to swing, a longitudinal shaft arranged at the lower side edge of the body, a latch jonr naled upon the rock shaft for engaging the door to hold it closed said latch having its hinge portion slotted, means projecting from the rock shaft into the slotted ortion for engaging the latch for holding it closed or for raising it to release the door, a lever secured to the rcck'shaft for operating it and provided with a slotted portion having at each end a socket, said sockets circumferentially separated with respect to the axis of the rock shaft, a radius bar having a joint connection at one end provided with a pin extending into the. slot, of the lever and adapted to be adjusted to either of the sockets, whereby, according to the adjustment out the pin in the sockets, the latch may be released but not moved to unlock the door or may be positively moved to unlock the door by the automatic tilting operation of the body.

ill. in a dumping car, a main frame, combined with a body supported thereon and adapted to tilt laterally said body having end plates having their middle portions extended to a height considerably above the sides of the body whereby the body will hold a heaped up load higher than the height of the sides of the body, longitudinal upper,

side girder irons connecting the upper and outer sides of the end plates and-providing lateral side openings between said side girder irons and door of the body, doors hinged at their tops to the girder irons, means for detachably holding the doors in locked position, and means for tilting the body.

12. In a dumping vehicle, the combination a main frame, a body supported thereon with capacity for being tilted laterally into dumping position said body having a discharge opening on its side the bottom of which is provided with an inclined sill plate, a door hinged to the upper portion of the body and closing over the side opening there in and having its lower part provided with a plate formed with an inclined seating flange adapted to seat upon the inclined sill plate, and locking means for holding the door in closed position.

13.. In a dumping vehicle, the combination of a main frame, a body supported thereon with capacity for being tilted later-- ally into dumping position said body having a discharge opening on its side the bottom of which is provided. with an inclined sill plate detach-ably clamped in position, a door hinged to the upper portion of the body and closing over the side opening therein and having its lower part provided with a reinforcing sealing plate 'formed with an inclined seating flange at its bottom adapted to seat upon the inclined sill plate, and locking means-ffor holding the door in closed position.

H.- In a dumping vehicle, the combination of a main frame, a body sup orted thereon with capacity for being tilted laterally into dumping position said body having a dis charge opening on its side the bottom side edge of which is inward of the general side of the body, a replaceable inclined, sill clamped to the said lower edge of the body and extending outwardly and downwardly to approximately the full width ofthe body, at door hinged to the body at'the upperxpart of the side opening and inwardly inclined at the bottom and provided with a seating flange extending downwardly and outwardly to form a close joint with the inclined sill of the body.

15. In a dumping vehicle, the combina tion of a main frame, a body supported thereon with capacity for being tilted later-- ally into dumpmg position said body having a discharge opening on its side the bottom side edgejof which is inward of the general side of the body and provided. with sockets, a replaceable inclined sill fitting the sockets and clamped to the said lower edge of the body and extending outwardly and downwardly to approximately the full width of the body, a door hinged to the body at the upper part of the side opening and inwardly inclined at the bottom and provided with a, seetin fienge extending; downwardly and outward y to tome e oiose gomt with the inclined sill of the hody, and locking means point inward of the ge erei side of the body, and provided with e plurality of brackets secured thereto, a rock shaft journaied in the brackets and parallel to the lower side edge vo1" the floor, a door hingedto the side of the body end having a, lower inwardly directed portion termmatmg 111 an outwerdiy and downwardly directed seating-flange, e siii clamped to t-he brackets end having at its upper portionen inclined pert directed tomes es ward the side edge of the door of the body and upon which the door seats, said door having at downwerdly rejecting keeper, a latch carried by the rod shaft and extendihg through the sill and the keeper for locking the door in closed position, and means for rocking the rock shaft, the construction being such that the rock shaft is protected from discharging dirt from the body and shielded from View.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT 0. MURPHY.

Witnesses: SAMUEL G. Rm,

EMILY OBemm'. 

